Prizes
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Sheffield shortlists
News - PrizesThursday, 26th March 2009
Sheffield City Council has announced the shortlists for the Sheffield Children's Book Award . Some 200 schools take part in the award, discussing and voting on the...
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Teenagers to shadow official Orange judges
News - PrizesWednesday, 25th March 2009
A 'youth panel' comprised of six teenagers is to shadow the official judging process of the Orange Prize 2009 . The three girls and three boys, aged 16 to 19, will read...
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Novelist Louise Penny to sponsor John Creasey Dagger
News - PrizesWednesday, 25th March 2009
Novelist Louise Penny (above) is to sponsor the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger , given each year in memory of Crime Writers Association founder John Creasey, for first...
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Seamus Heaney wins 'sacramental' Cohen award
News - PrizesThursday, 19th March 2009
The announcement of Seamus Heaney as the winner of the ninth David Cohen Prize for Literature was the worst-kept secret in the award's history. Leaks appeared to be...
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Kelman is sole Brit on Booker International list
News - PrizesThursday, 19th March 2009
Fourteen authors, only one of them from Britain, are in contention for the third Man Booker International Prize, the shortlist for which was announced in New York...
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